balada

Borrowed from Old Occitan ballada (“poem for a dance”), from Late Latin ballāre. First attested in the 14th century.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

balada f (plural balades)

1. ballad

• “balada” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “balada” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “balada” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

balada f

1. ballad (narrative poem)

• “balada”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “balada”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

balada

1. third-person singular past historic of balader

• Rhymes: -adɐ
• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧da

Borrowed from French ballade, from Old Occitan ballada, from Late Latin ballāre. Doublet of balata.

balada f (plural baladas)

1. (literature) ballad (narrative poetry of legends and traditions, originating from the peoples of Northern Europe)
2. (literature) ballade (poem composed of three stanzas of 8 or 10 verses, which end with the same refrain and a dedication)
3. (music) ballad (old song with simple structure and narrative content, in popular style)
4. (music) ballad (sentimental song, slow paced)
5. (Brazil, colloquial) nightclub (a place of recreation, usually open at night, where one can listen to music, dance, have drinks, etc.)

   Synonym: discoteca

6. (Brazil, colloquial) nightlife

   Synonym: vida noturna

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

balada

1. feminine singular of balado

• “balada”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “balada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

From French balade.

• IPA^(key): /balǎːda/
• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧da

baláda f (Cyrillic spelling бала́да)

1. ballad

• “balada”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

• IPA^(key): /baˈlada/
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ba‧la‧da

Borrowed from French ballade, from Old Occitan ballada (“poem for a dance”), from Late Latin ballāre.

balada f (plural baladas)

1. ballad

   Synonym: trova

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

balada f sg

1. feminine singular of balado

• “balada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Borrowed from Spanish balada, from French ballade, from Old Occitan ballada, from Late Latin ballāre.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈlada/
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ba‧la‧da

balada (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜇ)

1. (poetry) ballad (narrative poem)
2. (music) ballad (slow romantic song)

• “balada”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• labada, aldaba

balada

1. locative singular of bala